Skip to main content

DARK ELF VOICE AUDITIONS

Submitted by Smitehammer on

This is where you can upload your Dark Elf (Dunmer) voice auditions.  Please keep this thread only for auditions - feedback and other comments relating to voice work can be posted in the hub.

SAMPLE LINES

I have long believed it was a mistake to turn from the old gods. Perhaps Azura is with you after all. And perhaps not. I will tell you that I've spoken with Dagoth Ur. He promised me the same thing. That he will drive the foreigners from our lands. But I am not one to ignore opportunity, nor am I one to be troubled by rubbing two sides of a coin. If you are one of your word, I am your ally. I will tell Velanda Omani and Nevena Ules to support you as Hortator of House Hlaalu.       VOICE INFORMATION  

In general, Dunmer should sound wise, even in their youth.  They live in a harsh land, and their lifespans are very long - they are a pragmatic people and venerate the wisdom of their elders from even from a young age.  They should speak in a precise manner, taking the time to think through exactly what they mean to say as they say it.

For female Dunmer, the most important thing to consider is the culture they're coming from.  Female members of House Hlaalu are the most heavily influenced by Imperial (and therefore Aldmeri) influence.  They could very well speak with a lilt of the Imperial nobles, to a degree, though their voices won't be as commanding or crisp as either the Imperials or the Altmer.  The old voice for the Altmer would have made a great Hlaalu Dunmer.

Female Redoran Dunmer do not need the British lilt.  The Redoran should sound proud, and stalwart.  A mature-voiced and not necessarily as crisp version of the more American imperials could work - think 'superhero'.

Telvanni Dunmer females would seem suspicious and cold.

Ashlander females need to crank up the elderly wisdom vibe to 11.  Depending on how good they are with Cyrodilic (English) their accent may even sound Dothraki or Mongolian.

For males, the rasp is the most important thing.  If you can throat sing, and apply this rasp on top of throat singing, that is the ideal Dunmer voice.  That's how Jeff Baker does the voice.  After you nail the sound you can think on the cultural influences.

Examples:

Here are some Dunmer examples I recorded.

http://m.soundcloud.com/smitehammer/sets/tholer-saryoni-hates-the
 
http://m.soundcloud.com/smitehammer/sets/duke-vedam-dren-camonna-tong
 
http://m.soundcloud.com/smitehammer/sets/king-hlaalu-helseth
 
http://m.soundcloud.com/smitehammer/sets/master-aryon
Karma: 0 (0 votes)
Last edited by Smitehammer on 15 Jul 2014 - 11:30.

Here's a second try at it I believe the noise is cleaned up.

Attachment Size
llarar_v2.mp3 353.19 KB
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Here's a second try at it I believe the noise is cleaned up.

 

Attachment Size
Second try 353.19 KB
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

I listened to Jeff Blake as you suggested your interest in that style of Dunmer. I have 3 variations in this minute and a half mp3. Hope you like. 

 

-Michael

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Hello Smitehammer,

Lower and raspier, per request. Lines from Morrowind itself.

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Oooh, very nice!  We'll definitely sign you up for some Dunmer.  Especially Ashlanders.  Your pronunciation and delivery are beautiful.

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

You speak Dunmeri like a native! Amazing. Be my ashlander wife :3

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Well hawt damn! So glad y'all like it! [External image] Hook me up with scripts, and I'll get started right away-like.

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Hello!

I'd like to (finally) submit a few auditions, as I'm very excited about the project and would absolutely love to contribute. Below is a link to a reading for a male Dunmer rogue.

https://soundcloud.com/campbell_vo/campbell-jamie-male-dunmer-rogue-2-takes-5-13-14

Thank you for listening, and I look forward to hearing everyone's auditions!

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

My attempt for a Dunmer! I copied someone's lines just because I didn't know what to say.

Attachment Size
dunmer_1.mp3 162.63 KB
Karma: 1 (1 votes)

Hello,
Here is my attempt at Alvela Saram

 

Attachment Size
skywind_-_alvela_saram_vo.mp3 891.1 KB
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

FlaviusD

Some of my old work before the shake-up

Trels Varis

Fonus Rathyron

Lord Irarak

Adaves Theran

Flavius, these are honestly really awesome, and absolutely dead on to what the Morrowind Dark Elves sounded like. Also, I've just realized how similar they sound to a ghoul in the Fallout universe.

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Thanks BishopOfWakes! Like Smitehammer said we should avoid non-audition posts here, but I appreciate the compliment none-the-less. :)   They sound so similar because Jeff Baker did the voices for both

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Here's a Dunmer audition!

https://soundcloud.com/littlecuppajo/skywind-audition-dunmer

Karma: 2 (2 votes)

 

Teldryn Sero

https://soundcloud.com/cymraegsaethwr/teldryn-sero

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

I'm auditioning for specifically the Ordinators.

Here it is: https://soundcloud.com/adam-achewracks/ordinator-auditions

Karma: 1 (1 votes)

My Jenassa style dark elf.

Strong, dominant, cold and merciless. Of course I can soften it down and make it crisper for a more noble, refined character.
Attachment Size
outlook.com_2.zip 424.51 KB
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

I do believe this voice might work for High Elf as well, as long as I emphasize the hightened British accent a bit more.  Let me know if it is what you are looking for and if the quality is acceptable.

These lines are Jenassa's from Skyrim.  

Thanks!

 

https://soundcloud.com/tori-clark-10/jenassa?in=tori-clark-10/sets/voiceacting

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Teldryn Sero's lines from Dragonborn.

Attachment Size
dark_elf_1.mp3 1.21 MB
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Here's my audition for male Dunmer voices. In this case, I went with one of my favorite characters in the game, Divayth Fyr. I hope you enjoy and feedback is greatly appreciated.

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Dunmer attempt, using the lines from Ano Vando - a vampire hunter.

 

Attachment Size
dark_elf_proper.mp3 575.1 KB
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

This is my Audition. I am reading the greeting line from Alvis Teri. "Just what I need. Another stupid Redoran."

Attachment Size
klastic-demo_reel.mp3 585.75 KB
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Greetings TES Renewal Team,

Here is my audition for the Dark Elf/Dunmer voice. I read a few lines from Manat Shimmabadas, a Dunmer barbarian. Let me know what you think.

Cheers,

Stryder

Attachment Size
dark_elf_audition_1.mp3 820.49 KB
Karma: 1 (1 votes)

I might as well join the Night Elf Auditions speaking some lines from Hairan. A huge thanks to Langotriel for sending me these lines. It really helped a lot, and I hoped you all enjoy it.

Attachment Size
dunmer1.mp3 175.92 KB
dunmer2.mp3 228.57 KB
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Here is my Tholer Saryoni audition if its not already taken. Sorry for the file name typo.

Attachment Size
Tholer Saryoni audition 421.26 KB
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

https://soundcloud.com/christopher-t-copeland/dark-elf-voice-audition-2

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

The voice is okay, but the delivery is too rushed.  Dunmer live a long time and are very pragmatic.  Let this come across in their speech.

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

alright thanks :)
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

This is my audition for Dunmer. I couldn't find where you get your lines so I used my own.

Attachment Size
dark_elf.mp3 478.37 KB
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

YogiTheWise

This is my audition for Dunmer. I couldn't find where you get your lines so I used my own.

The voice is pretty good, but there are some artifacts from incomplete noise reduction in there.  Follow Langotriel's tutorial (linked in the new voice hub) and make sure your noise reduction is thorough.

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

This was what I came up with. It's short because I couldn't think of anything to say, but if you want to send a script or something, I'll do an actual reading for you.

Attachment Size
dark_elf.mp3 112.24 KB
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Hey there! I saw the Reddit call for Dunmer VO's, and I figured this would be perfect. I've spent many years playing Morrowind, and enjoyed the Dunmer voices the most. I was horrifically disappointed when Skyrim basically made them pseudo-Australians (which I am).

I missed the wonderful balance of rasp and depth, yet still having character in their voice, so I went on to master Jiub's style of Dunmer. I can fluently drop any line in said voice, and can maintain it for entire conversations without tiring. I feel I've really nailed that wonderful Ashlander-style Dunmer.

Attached is a test that I did for the now-abandoned C0DEX project on Reddit. The test was for a Dunmer, Imperial and Breton. Feel free to ignore the second half, which is Imperial and Breton, unless you enjoy my recreation of Morrowind's classic intro scene.

I need to get a new battery for my Rode VideoMic (nothing too impressive sorry!) but coupled with my few years of Audio Engineering training, I know enough tricks to really make my recordings hit that in-game-voice quality - something else I've studied in the past, too. 

PM me (or reply here if you want! :D) if you'd like to hear more, or different lines. I'm always happy to run lines in Dunmer voices!

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

Here's my audition. Decided to read the firt lines of The Nameless City by H P Lovecraft. http://www.soundcloud.com/nadanesca/sounds-from-monday-morning
Karma: 0 (0 votes)

I worked on skyblivion once making NPC's but then the  version I worked on  got abandoned, so Iv'e decided it's best to contribute to skywind if I can, so the effort of the community can shift to skyblivion in the future. :P

Anyway here is my audition.

Attachment Size
balyn_omavel_test_1_jam.mp3 82.45 KB
Karma: 1 (1 votes)

Hello. Heard about this on reddit. I couldn't find a script, so I just recorded a few seconds of my low scratchy voice so you can see if you want to use it. Thanks, have a nice day.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26215993/raspy_demo.mp3

Karma: 1 (1 votes)

Added three new files to my post above, recorded this evening on my iPhone of all things! They've been noise-cancelled and have had SOME terrible EQ added to them (I'm really rusty on my EQing, it's been a few years... And I learned through a higher/older program than Audacity... Also it was on Mac mostly. Egh.)

Adding them here too, just for extra awesomeness.

Karma: 0 (0 votes)

I'm new here, first time doing something like this. The sound isn't very good, but here goes. I just did the voice, I didn't choose a specific character or lines, I only said stuff.

https://soundcloud.com/monkeydot/dark-elf

EDIT: 

New try, with the sample lines in the OP, and some improvements. The sound is hissy, though.

https://soundcloud.com/monkeydot/dark-elf-22

EDIT 2:

https://soundcloud.com/monkeydot/dark-elf-4

 

Karma: 0 (0 votes)